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Bad Things go Left - May 20, 2023

Gary Hunter

as I wait to turn left

at one of the slowest

left turn arrows

I watch a raven pace

back and forth along

the top of a billboard

left wing hanging down

like the dishwasher

whose door won’t stay up


its buddies

perched in their lookouts

stare helplessly like me

as the red taillights

blink off the car in front

and the long slow arch

of a left turn begins


each driver leans their head

into the curve like a bird would

on the wing banking left


did you know there are

three times more accidents

from turning left than right?


which makes me wonder

if there are statistics on risky

flight patterns for birds?


and what is it about

going “right” that just

sounds better anyway?

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